We woke up to a beautiful sunday morning on the day of our anniversary. For our stay in Portland, we had been staying at Conner & Sarah's house [Bryan's cousin and his wife, who have the love of organic farming in their blood too]. Their house on two acres had a multitude of food growing in the backyard and the first night Bryan and I walked into their house, we both saw so much love there. You know when you walk into a house and you can tell there was a lot of beautiful memories had there? Well, this is the kinda place that Sarah and Conner have. Probably because this is the kind of people they are--so full of love and passion.
This is why it was such a blessing for Bryan and I to spend the first part of morning picking blueberries in their back yard and sitting down to a wonderful pancake breakfast with them. Talking about the love and struggles that come with wanting to be farmers.
Our day then turned to the Homestead Store in their downtown, where we bought a pasta maker and admired the bicycle powered grain grinder. Then had lunch at this bakery with a garden.
After, Bryan and I biked to a park overlooking the city and reflected on the past year. Before we got married we wrote down what we thought our needs and expectations were for marriage. Bryan happened to bring them along for us to look at [what a thoughtful man I married]. It was beautiful to see the foundation that we've made in the past year. Both of us working towards our dreams, finding a community of people who we love, and growing in our faith with God and each other. We prayed over the next year, sharing how excited we are that we've been given another year with so much ahead.
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